Sebastian Zierer

Conductor & Coach

During the 2014/15 season Sebastian Zierer conducts performances of La Bohème, the world premiere of Lior Navok's An unserem Fluss/By Our River and Humperdinck's Königskinder. Last season he conducted performances of the new production of Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte and Così fan tutte. After graduating in 2008 he joined Oper Frankfurt as a coach, where he became Kapellmeister in 2013/14. During the 2010/11 season he conducted the first ever performances in Germany of Aulis Sallinen's Barabbas-Dialoge. This was followed by a new production of Stravinsky's Die Geschichte vom Soldaten/A Soldier's Tale and performances of Die Zauberflöte, Adriana Lecouvreur, Chabrier's L’Étoile, Die Hochzeit des Figaro/Le nozze di Figaro and Die Fledermaus. Whilst still a student (at music academies in Freiburg and Frankfurt) Sebastian Zierer assisted at Cologne Opera and led the Freiburg Student Orchestra. He has also worked with the Südwestfalen Philharmonie, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and in Pforzheim, Mannheim and, often, with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Danzig. He regularly assisted Hessen's Youth Orchestra from 2006-2008. He was awarded a scholarship by the Richard Wagner Verband and the Regensburger Domspatzen Foundation's Kai Uwe von Hassel Prize for his achievements in music.